Near fine/VGC. Penguin Books and Kestrel Books,1976. First UK edition-first impression. Cream hardback with brown borders (black lettering and illustration to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition, with illustrated Dj(small tear and a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC, with an illustrated slipcase(two small nicks and scratch on the edges of the slipcase) in near fine condition. Illustrated with many colour,b/w drawings. Nice and clean pages with a small mark on the outer edges, small mark and creases on the edges of page 538, previous owner's small inscription written on the edges of the front endpaper. Nice and clean book for its age with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.552pp including Note and a folding colour map inside the back cover. Illustrations by John Lawrence. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Heavy book (approx. 1.6 Kg).